The crisis in American science

Kathryn M. Olesko; Anthony Eames; Cyrus C. M. Mody; Ilana Lowy; Thomas Zeller; Mark Walker; Mitchell G. Ash; Donna Haraway

doi:10.1177/00732753251343655

The crisis in American science

Kathryn M. Olesko
, Anthony Eames
, Cyrus C. M. Mody^*
, Ilana Lowy
, Thomas Zeller
, Mark Walker
, Mitchell G. Ash
, Donna Haraway

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The second regime of Donald J. Trump has decimated federal science and federally supported science to a greater degree than his first regime, unleashing an unprecedented crisis. The authors in this roundtable take a close look at the tortured landscape of science in America and, using historical scholarship and the tools of history, analyze and assess its plight. Topics include nuclear facilities, the role of Silicon Valley oligarchs, Executive Order 14168 on biological sex, climate change and the environmental sciences, science and ideology, responses to regime change, and resistance to the regime, especially by universities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-165
Number of pages	41
Journal	History of Science
Volume	63
Issue number	2
Early online date	29 May 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00732753251343655
Publication status	Published - Jun 2025

Keywords

Science in America
science and ideology
federal science
response and resistance to regime
Department of Government Efficiency
Executive Orders
Third Reich
brain drain
tacit knowledge
Silicon Valley oligarch
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